Combined spool and needle case.



No. 826,372. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906. J. SIPOZ.

COMBINED SPOOL AND NEEDLE CASE.

APPLICATION TILED OUT-19. 1905.

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JOSEPH SIPOZ, or M1GHEL,.CANADA.

COMBINED SPOOL AND NEEDLE CASE- the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined spool and needle case; and itsprimary object is to provide a novel and highl useful device of thischaracter upon whic may be Wound two or more threads of different colorsand which is adapted to receive one or more needles andprevent them fromrusting, the same being so constructed that the needles may be readilyand quickly removed therefrom and replaced therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is simple and durable of construction, which may bemanufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost, and which isadmirably adapted for the purposes for which it is intended.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the combined 1 spool and needle caseconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalcentral sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof. Fig.4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, the cap being removed; and Fig. 5 is adetail perspective view of the cap and the cushion carried thereby forthe reception of the pointed ends of the needles.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 1 designates a spool,the same being provided with two or more winding-faces 2, whereby thespool is adapted for the reception of two or more threads of differentcolors. The spool is provided with a centrally-located passage 3, thesame terminating at a point adjacent one end of the spool, whereby toprovide the passage with a closed end 4, the other end thereof beingfully open, as fully illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings.

This passage is adapted for the reception of Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed October 19, 1905.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Serial No.288,616.

the needles, and it may be used to support the spool upon a sewin-machine in the usual manner, the closed end thereof not interferingwith the application of the same to the machine. One end of the spool isprovided with an annular recess 4*, the same being arrangedconcentrically with relation to the passage 3 and adapted for thereception of the lower end of a flange 5 of a cap 6, throu h the mediumof which the passage 3 may e closed to render the same moisture-proof.

The cap 6 is provided with a milled ed e 7, whereby to facilitate theapplication an removal of the same, and it is also provided with acushion-filling 8. The cushion-filling 8 may be constructed of cork,paper, or any othermaterial which may be easily penetrated, as the sameis adapted for the reception of the pointed ends of the needles. Thelower portion of the cushion-filling 8 is reduced to project into theopen end of the passage 3 to pro vide, in efiect, a packing forrendering the passage 3 moisture-proof.

The needles are secured to the cushion-filling 8 of the ca 6 byinserting their pointed ends therein, a ter which the cap is applied toclose the passage 3 and suspend the needles therewithin. When it isdesired to use a needle, the cap is removed and a needle may be removedtherefrom easily and quickly.

It is apparent from the above description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, that I provide a combined spoo parting from thespirit or sacrificing any of v the advantages thereof.

Having fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim is Adevice of the character described, comprising a spool having a passageclosed at one end and open at its other end, said spool being providedwith an annular recess arranged In testimony whereof I affix mysignatureconcentrically with relation to the passage, a in presence of twowitnesses. cap adapted to seal said passage and having the edge of itsflange disposed within said re- JOSEPH SIPOZ' 5 cess, and acushion-filling for the cap, said Witnesses:

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